Gitchi Gami Trail Association
Trails needs friends too
Friends groups play an important role in planning, developing, maintaining and advocating for Minnesota's parks and trails. We recently sat down with Scott Harrison Lisa Topp and Lee Radzak to find out more about one such friends group – the Gitchi Gami Trail Association.
more...Minnesota Trail Riders Association
Trail riders unite
Friends groups play an important role in planning, developing, maintaining and advocating for Minnesota's parks and trails. The following is a Q & A feature of one such group – the Minnesota Trail Riders Association.
more...Voyageurs National Park Association
Promoting Minnesota’s Best Kept Secret
Friends groups play an important role in planning, developing, maintaining and advocating for Minnesota’s parks and trails. The following Question and Answer features one such organization – Voyageurs National Park Association. Voyageurs National Park is located about 15 miles east of International Falls on Minnesota's Canadian border.
more...Meet the Friends of Glacial Lakes State Park
Labor of love
Friends groups play an important role in planning, developing, maintaining and advocating for Minnesota's parks and trails. The following is a Q & A feature of one such group - the Friends of Glacial Lakes State Park. Glacial Lakes State Park is located in Starbuck, Minnesota.
more...Friends of the Casey Jones Trail
Resurrecting a dream
Friends groups play an important role in planning, developing, maintaining and advocating for Minnesota's parks and trails. Meet the Friends of the Casey Jones Trail, an active and energized grassroots membership organization that works to identify and secure the trail alignment for the Casey Jones State Trail in southwest Minnesota.
more...Friends of Lake Bemidji State Park
Volunteers with a vision
Friends groups play an important role in planning, developing, maintaining and advocating for Minnesota's parks and trails. Meet the Friends of Lake Bemidji State Park, a group that recently developed a strategic plan to help improve their park's amenities and services.
more...Friends of the Lindbergh Heritage
Friends of the Lindbergh Heritage making archeological preserve accessible
Friends groups play an important role in planning, developing, maintaining and advocating for Minnesota's parks and trails. Meet the Friends of the Lindbergh Heritage, a nonprofit community organization devoted to preserving and enhancing Charles A. Lindbergh State Park, the Lindbergh State Historic Site and the Little Elk Heritage Preserve.
more...Southeastern Minnesota Association of Regional Trails (SMART)
The SMART way to build a regional trail system
Friends groups play an important role in planning, developing, maintaining and advocating for Minnesota's parks and trails. Meet SMART, a group with representatives from 11 counties that works together to connect trails locally, regionally and to neighboring states.
more...Mesabi Trail Work Group
Turning vision into reality
Friends groups play an important role in planning, developing, maintaining and advocating for Minnesota's parks and trails. Meet the Mesabi Trail work group, a community organization that advises the governing body of the Mesabi Trail on routes, acquiring land and in promoting the trail.
more...Sugarloaf: the North Shore Stewardship Association
North Shore in good hands
Friends groups play an important role in planning, developing, maintaining and advocating for Minnesota's parks and trails. Meet Sugarloaf: the North Shore Stewardship Association, a group that works to promote the preservation and restoration of the North Shore's unique environment, including the wonderful chain of state parks on the shore.
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